MET - Museo degli usi e costumi della gente di Romagna

About the museum

The museum was born at the end of the 1960s from the gathering of materials by volunteers. A 1971 document cites it as a project, and in 1973 the town council decided to establish it; the ethnographic committee was entrusted to Giuseppe Sebesta, an ethnographer and museologist. In 1974 the municipality assigned the museum the former municipal slaughterhouse on Via Montevecchi.

The museum opened in 1981. In 1985 the Centro etnografico per la ricerca e la documentazione (C.E.R.D.), with archives, workshops and a library, was added; in 1989 a new wing expanded the sections and educational services. Since 1996 the MET has been a public institution with cultural and management autonomy.

The museum documents the popular culture of southern Romagna, between the Apennines and the Adriatic coast: symbols, sociability, work, ritual and art. The collections include a video library, an iconographic collection of Romagnol prints on canvas, a sound archive with interviews and songs, a photographic archive from the mid-19th century to 1970, and the “Paolo Toschi” library with over 6,000 volumes. The rooms are currently closed for renovation works, and the public can visit the Deposito, where archaeological and ethnographic objects from the MET and MUSAS museums are kept.

Highlights

• Popular culture of southern Romagna between the Apennines and the Adriatic
• Iconographic collection of Romagnol prints on canvas
• Photographic archive from the mid-19th century to 1970
• “Paolo Toschi” library with over 6,000 volumes
• Guided visit to the Deposito of the MET and MUSAS collections

Permanent exhibition

• Il Deposito delle collezioni MET e MUSAS – Archaeological and ethnographic objects kept on shelves and in containers, grouped by provenance and illustrated by audio guides and tactile routes.

Founded

1973

Operated by

Fo.Cu.S – Fondazione Culture Santarcangelo

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

In the Via Montale area there is a large car park with spaces reserved for people with disabilities (a parking permit must be displayed). The Deposito offers audio guides, thematic videos with Italian Sign Language (LIS) and subtitles, a tactile route and a tactile totem. A project funded by the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) aims to remove the museum’s physical and cognitive barriers.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

From the motorway take the Rimini Nord/Santarcangelo exit; the museum entrance is on Via Eugenio Montale, beside Via Federico Montevecchi.

Amenities & dining

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